The one thing I would do differently is?

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by marie

If I went straight to a 175g tank I doubt I would have even got into the hobby. It's one thing to spend $100 here and $500 there upgrading (I refuse to think of how many hundreds and five hundreds I've actually spent) but the cost of setting up a large tank straight off would of scared me silly

I totally agree, I only ended up upgrading because suddenly my 48gallon cichlid tank looked much better if I pictured it as a reef and then I got a 90 gallon tank for $75. At that point I thought $30 for a fish was expensive, now I know better